Veteran British left-wing disruptor wins special election
A veteran British political disruptor has won a special election in a town in northern England with a big Muslim minority following a contest that was mired in chaos and controversy and dominated by the war in Gaza. George Galloway, 69, swept to victory in Thursday’s contest, winning almost 40%...
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B’desh shopping mall fire in kills at least 46
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‘UK’s Rwanda deportation plan may cost 500 mn pounds’
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Navalny, who galvanised oppn to Putin, laid to rest
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Kishida vows no more fundraising parties
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Sunni Ittehad Council faces uncertainty over failure to submit member list
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Pakistan National Assembly to meet after session summoned by Prez
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Russian rocket successfully puts Iranian satellite into orbit
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Russian onslaught targets more Ukrainian towns and villages
Russian forces are pushing hard against more Ukrainian towns and villages in eastern and southeastern Ukraine as Moscow tries to press its current advantage in weapons and troops, Kyiv officials said Thursday. Despite Russia’s apparent offensive momentum on the ground, Ukraine claimed it has shot down 11 Russian warplanes in...
‘Sending Western troops to Ukraine risks global N-conflict’
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Thursday to fulfil Moscow’s goals in Ukraine and sternly warned the West against deeper involvement in the fighting, saying that such a move is fraught with the risk of a global nuclear conflict. Putin’s warning came in a state-of-the-nation address ahead of next month’s election...
Pak’s newly-elected lawmakers sworn in
Pakistan’s newly-elected lawmakers were sworn in on Thursday during Parliament’s maiden session after President Dr Arif Alvi summoned the National Assembly after delaying the process for several days. The National Assembly was summoned after Alvi’s initial refusal due to differences with the caretaker government over the issue of former prime...
Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line
Idaho halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech on Wednesday after medical team members repeatedly failed to find a vein where they could establish an intravenous line to carry out the lethal injection. Creech, 73, has been in prison half a century, convicted of five murders in three...
Macron says he will swim in River Seine
French President Emmanuel Macron boldly promised to swim in the River Seine being cleaned up for the Paris Olympics as he toured the new complex that will house athletes on Thursday. Macron cited pollution-reduction in the Seine as one of the Games’ positive long-term impacts. He noted “extraordinary” public-funded investments...
EU to release billions of frozen euros to Poland
The European Union’s powerful Commission announced on Thursday that it will begin releasing billions of euros to Poland that were frozen over the previous government’s policies that the bloc said amounted to widespread backsliding on fundamental democratic principles. The move had been expected after Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised...
I2U2 continues to be priority for Biden admn
The grouping of India, Israel, the UAE and the US continues to be a priority for the Biden administration and is not on the back-burner due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the White House has said, underlining that the President is “deeply committed” to making sure that...